LEARNING OUTCOMES
After successfully completing this course, student is able to:
-apply advanced knitwear design methods to their creative work
-design knitwear for industrial production
-develop their skills in software for industrial knits and knitwear design
-assess and try out sustainable practices for design and production of knits and knitwear
Credits: 10
Schedule: 19.01.2022 - 01.06.2022
Teacher in charge (valid for whole curriculum period):
Teacher in charge (applies in this implementation): Anna-Mari Leppisaari
Contact information for the course (applies in this implementation):
CEFR level (valid for whole curriculum period):
Language of instruction and studies (applies in this implementation):
Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: English
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
valid for whole curriculum period:
During the contact teaching, students learn advanced knitwear design methods and become familiar with sustainable practices of knitwear design. Students design a collection of knits or knitwear and realize it with handknitting machines and/or industrial knitting machine. Students select the area to specialize according to their own interests and design an individual design project for thesis collection or other tutored design project. Technical details of each fabric should be documented in product cards, and one copy of each product card with a small sample of fabric should be given for workshop archieves.
Learning activities:
Lectures, demonstrations and other contact teaching, group and individual tutoring, supervised assignment, independent work and critiques.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
valid for whole curriculum period:
Grading criteria: Assignments and participation in teaching
Criteria for the assignment: Understanding of knitted structures, artistic application of learned techniques in own collection, creativity of knitwear design, artistic expression, documentation of technical data on info cards.
Workload
valid for whole curriculum period:
Depends on the number of credits:
2 cr = 54h
10 cr = 270h
Lectures and tutorials: 28h for all students, 80% attendance required
group meetings and tutorials: 5h - 15h depending on the number of credits, 80% attendance required
critic: 4h for all students completing 3 cr or more, attendance required
time to think: 5h - 30h depending on the number of credits
self-guided activities: 15h - 195h depending on the number of credits
students have the possibility to meet teacher for individual tutoring for 0,5h-3h: 50h of teacher´s work
Note: If student is participating on the course for second time, they do not need to participate on lectures.
DETAILS
Study Material
valid for whole curriculum period:
It is possible to take the course free of charge as instructed by the teacher at the beginning of the course.
Substitutes for Courses
valid for whole curriculum period:
Prerequisites
valid for whole curriculum period:
SDG: Sustainable Development Goals
12 Responsible Production and Consumption
FURTHER INFORMATION
Further Information
valid for whole curriculum period:
Students must confirm their enrollment by attending the first teaching session. 80 % attendance is required.
Teaching Period:
2020-2021 Spring III-V
2021-2022 Spring III-V
Course Homepage: https://mycourses.aalto.fi/course/search.php?search=MUO-E1038
Registration for Courses: Sisu replaces Oodi on 9 August, 2021. Priority order to courses is according to the order of priority decided by the Academic committee for School of Arts, Design and Architecture: https://www.aalto.fi/en/services/registering-to-courses-and-the-order-of-priority-in-aalto-arts
Max. 16 students taking the course for first time + max. 5 students taking it for second time
Min. 8 students
Priority:
1) Students from Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design (MA) and Fashion and Design majors (BA) who have the course in their personal study plan and who need it to be able to work on their thesis project or other relevant project related to printed fabrics.
2) Textiles - Material and Structure - minor students who have the course in their personal study plan (after taking Knits and Knitwear Studio - course)
3) Exchange students in Fashion (BA), Design (BA) or Fashion, Clothing and Textile Design (MA) (after taking Knits and Knitwear Studio - course)
4) Other participants according to the relevance of their projects
Course plan as a pre-assigment should be submitted via email to responsible teacher at the same time with registration.